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With an intimidating face like craggy granite and a towering 6'5" solid frame, Mike Mazurki (born Mikhail Mazuruski or Mikhail Mazurkiewicz) was one of cinema's first serial thugs and specialized in playing strongarm men, gangsters and bullies for over 50 years on screen. Nearly always portrayed as a lowbrow muscle, in real life Mazurski was highly intelligent, very well read and a witty conversationalist. He was also an accomplished sportsman, having been a football player and a professional wrestler. He first appeared onscreen in uncredited roles in films such as Gentleman Jim (1942) and About Face (1942); however, his daunting bruiser looks were soon noticed and he became phenomenally busy in the 1940s, appearing in nearly 50 movies during the decade, including his well remembered performance as ex-con "Moose Malloy" in the film noir thriller Murder, My Sweet (1944) and as the gruesome "Splitface" in Dick Tracy (1945).
He continued his menacing onscreen presence throughout the 1950s and 1960s, often showing he could be quite adept at deadpan comedy in films including Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Donovan's Reef (1963) and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967). Demand for his talents slowed down in the late 1970s and most of the 1980s, as younger villains came to the fore; however, he still turned up in support roles and was still acting at the age of 83 when he passed away in December, 1990.- Andrew Timothy (1912-9 December 1990) was an Anglican priest and BBC Radio announcer, who is best remembered for being the original announcer of the comedy series The Goon Show. Timothy announced for the BBC Home Service from 1947 to 1959.
Timothy announced The Goon Show from its inception in 1951, but left part-way through the fourth series in 1953 "fearing for his sanity" and was replaced by Wallace Greenslade, who remained on the show until it ended in 1960. However, when The Last Goon Show of All was produced in 1972 Greenslade had died, and so Timothy came back to announce the special reunion show. When a remake of The Goon Show (called Goon Again) was made in 2001, it was announced by Timothy's son Christopher.
Later he became one of the first BBC television newsreaders (albeit out-of-vision) from July to September 1954. He was the father of actor Christopher Timothy, whose most notable role was the vet James Herriot in the BBC TV series All Creatures Great and Small.
Andrew Timothy died in December 1990 at the age of 78. - Writer
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Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti was born on 6 August 1901 in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Storms in May (1938), Militiaman Bruggler (1936) and So war der deutsche Landser (1955). He died on 9 December 1990 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany.- Joyce Porter was born on 28 March 1924 in Marple, Cheshire, England, UK. Joyce was a writer, known for Detective (1964). Joyce died on 9 December 1990 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England, UK.
- Mike Letz was born on 6 March 1904 in Nicholas, Russia. He was an actor, known for The Utah Kid (1944). He died on 9 December 1990 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Alfred Lohner was born on 16 July 1900. He was an actor, known for Die Frau von gestern und morgen (1928), Demokrat Läppli (1961) and Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960). He died on 9 December 1990 in Baden, near Vienna, Austria.